NY 23A, Hamlet of Haines Falls, Hunter, New York. County/parish: Greene.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 08, 1996. NRIS 96000861.
1 contributing building. 1 contributing site.Also known as:
Haines Falls is a defunct railroad station in the eponymous hamlet of Haines Falls, town of Hunter, Greene County, New York. Located at the end of Railroad Station Road in Haines Falls, the station served trains of the Ulster and Delaware Railroad's Kaaterskill Branch, a division of the New York Central Railroad. The station had one side platform and a wooden station depot which currently stands and serves as the headquarters of the Mountain Top Historical Society. The Kaaterskill Rail Trail passes through the station.
Railroad service on the Kaaterskill Branch began in June 25, 1883 and closed on January 22, 1940. The station depot was placed on the National Register of Historical Places in 1996.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318067